Copper effects in the copepod Tigriopus angulatus Lang, 1933: Natural broad tolerance allows maintenance of food webs in copper-enriched coastal areas

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1061-1066

  Medina, M H ^a,b   Morandi, B ^c   Correa, J A ^d  

^a Of 3A ^*  (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^c Santiago Centro   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cha aral; Life history traits; Pollution tolerance; Population growth rate

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COPPER; CRUSTACEAN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MINE WASTE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

ATACAMA; CHANARAL ISLAND; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

COPEPODA; HARPACTICOIDA; TIGRIOPUS ANGULATUS;

EID: 58149094726     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08122     Document Type: Article

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